Simile/Metaphor worksheet-I will post an electronic version here as soon as I can find it again!
March 13
Quest Item Poem
1. Listen to the story and sketch the events when told.
2. Complete a pre-writing organizer sheet to help generate ideas for your Quest poem.
3. Write your original poem following the model.
The complete assignment, worksheets, and examples can be found at this link: Quest Item Poem Story scipt and sketching handout Prewriting graphic organizer
(worth 10 marks!) Student samples grade 11 More student samples on Quest Item Poem website.
This is how your poem, modeled after the one above, will be marked:
/1 meaningful title
/5 followed the format provided
/3 used 3 metaphors
/6 elaborated one each quest item
/5 meaningful content and voice
/1 conventions
Total /23
March 14
Language at Work- Literacy Power: see Lit Power wikipage to the right for complete instructions
March 15
Character and Dialogue
1. Beautiful Junk- Literacy Power: see Lit Power wikipage to the right for complete instructions
2. Indirect Character Traits worksheet
5. Discussed how a characters personality traits are revealed by what they say and do.
6. Write phone call/dialogue correctly that reveals the two characters' traits
See complete lesson plan and instructions at this link:
Final day to complete research project from last week
March 12
Poetry
Power point on Figurative Language
Handout notes on Figurative language
Simile/Metaphor worksheet-I will post an electronic version here as soon as I can find it again!
March 13
Quest Item Poem
1. Listen to the story and sketch the events when told.
2. Complete a pre-writing organizer sheet to help generate ideas for your Quest poem.
3. Write your original poem following the model.
The complete assignment, worksheets, and examples can be found at this link:
Quest Item Poem
Story scipt and sketching handout
Prewriting graphic organizer
(worth 10 marks!)
Student samples grade 11 More student samples on Quest Item Poem website.
This is how your poem, modeled after the one above, will be marked:
/1 meaningful title
/5 followed the format provided
/3 used 3 metaphors
/6 elaborated one each quest item
/5 meaningful content and voice
/1 conventions
Total /23
March 14
Language at Work- Literacy Power: see Lit Power wikipage to the right for complete instructions
March 15
Character and Dialogue
1. Beautiful Junk- Literacy Power: see Lit Power wikipage to the right for complete instructions
2. Indirect Character Traits worksheet
3. Reviewed quotation mark rules and examples
4. Quotation Marks worksheet
5. Discussed how a characters personality traits are revealed by what they say and do.
6. Write phone call/dialogue correctly that reveals the two characters' traits
See complete lesson plan and instructions at this link:
March 16
Continue to finish Character and Dialogue lesson